Peace Talks Open As Spain Seeks Immediate Settlement
The Spanish government and Madrid officials push for direct peace negotiations after a conference with the President. A White House statement confirms Spain presented to the President a message seeking termination of the war and settlement terms.Secretary Abser notes troops and transports heading to Guanica while the North American Trust Company sets up a Santiago branch to handle drafts and remittances for soldiers and sailors.
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Spain
McKinsey
North American ‘Trust Company
New York City
Santiago
Establiahedia
Ely
Cuba
United States
Seneca
New York
Siboney
Madrid
Toral
Blanco
Charleston
D. C
Porto Iuico
Spanish Transatlantique Company
Gon
Miles
Guantanamo
Porto Rico
Mayflower
Newfoundland
Halifax
Havana
Manila
San Francisco
Secretary Long
Spain Has Not Been Abandoned, Bute Has Been Deferred Until the Porto Tico
Chaffee
Chickamauga
Newport News
Aguinaldo
Philippines
Mirnila
Shafter
Garcia
Highland Cadets Barred From Boston Gathering
The State of Massachusetts informs the Highland Cadets of Montreal that they cannot attend the Scottish gathering in Boston on September 6 while bearing arms. The prohibition rests on an old Massachusetts statute forbidding arms by militia members. The state would welcome their presence otherwise.
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Massachusetts
Montreal
Boston
Lecaue
Commonwealth
Massachsetts
Aris
United States Lrcens
Artery Company
Earthquake Shocks Hit Conoe Province and Surrounds
A violent earthquake struck Monday causing collapsed mains and destroyed houses in Conoe and Talcahoage areas. Teleships and electric wires fell, telegraph lines damaged, and nights were disrupted as residents fled their homes.
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Valparaiso
Conoe
Chituate
Tient
Talcahoage
Bay of
Coneepeion
Coleepeion
Coroner rules death by heart failure in unclear case
A coroner in Los Angeles declared burial pending after a case described with fragmented text. The coroner stated the cause of death as heart failure without an investigation, leaving the burial arrangement unresolved.
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Michael McCahoueh
Death of Detour: Massillon Man Killed in Ohio Incident
Fred Dechantz a well known character from Massillon Ohio was killed in a Pennsylvania area encounter. He was attacked while fleeing with two brothers and died on the scene.
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Fred Dechantz
Masssilon
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Medaw
Wayfarer Attacks Trainmen in Western Rail Verse
Railroad workers report constant peril as bands of travelers move northward assaulting crews. Dozens of men are said to be harmed in clashes as groups ride trains and occasionally aid freight cars.
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Wayfarere
Tragic double deaths linked by unfulfilled love in Boone County
In Boone County near Hallsville Missouri Mrs J P Lavens drowned herself in a muddy pool after her daughter Cora Havens rejected C H Fait a young farmer who loved the 18 year old girl. Fait killed himself with morphine days later leaving letters and a grave diagram. The mother had supported the match but the daughter refused.
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J. P. Ravens
Hallsville
Boone County
C. H. Fait
Cora Havens
Inhuman Torture Reported for Prisoners Near Shanghai
Oriental notices describe four Chinese inmates near Shanghai subjected to cages that suspend the neck with no rest for the body. The devices force prolonged agony as the prisoner endures by resting on toes, sometimes lasting days, while authorities report the men were still alive at publication.
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Shanghai
Train held up near Fort Worth by masked bandits
A south bound Santa Fe passenger train was halted near Saginaw ten miles north of Fort Worth Texas by six masked men. Two boarded the engine and compelled the engineer to stop in a deep cut. Engineer Joe Wilkans was fatally wounded and a second crewman wounded. The robbers escaped after firing on the bank and fleeing from the engine.
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Santa Fe
Fort Worth
Saginaw
Texas
Lim
Joe Wilkans
Local Officials Attack American Pork in Gern Trade
Consul Warner reports from Leipsic that Gern magistrates push anti American pork measures under sanitary pretense. Signs warn against raw pork while all bacon and ham are inspected. Local papers spotlight trichinae, though no deaths or diseases are tied to American pork.
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Gern
Maron
Warner
Washington
Leipsic
Neuer
Gera
Amerikanische Flinschwaaren
Wnrried
Preacher Elopes With 17 Year Old Church Member
St Louis pastor Walter S Rundy 28 elopes with Edith Murphy 17 a Methodist church member in Litdenwood. They are said to have been refused marriage licenses in Illinois nearby and returned to Missouri where forgiveness is expected after the age dispute.
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St Louis
Woda
Walter S. Rundy
Litdenwood
St. Louis
Edith Murphy
Missouri
Grain trade declines follow large grain movement
R G Dun and Company notes a brisk trade overall but warns that a huge recent grain movement caused a relative decline in trade earnings. The review cites a weather and disaster mix including a tornado in Mint, widespread crop damage, and a general sense of unsettled economic momentum.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Haiti and France May Clash Over Expulsion Decree
Rumors from Port au Prince suggest rising friction between Haiti and France. Haiti refuses to abrogate the expulsion decree against Mme Hermance, a French subject deemed dangerous after a cathedral clash with Mme Simon Sam. The French minister was absent from a recent presidential diplomatic dinner.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
France
Mme
Hermance
Simon Sam
Season's Catch by Whalers From St Michaels
Captain Hayes reports the St Paul fleet sailing for San Francisco with bold catch figures. Horatio 500 barrels of sperm oil, California 600, Jeanette three whales, Karluk five whales, William Baylis three whales, Alexandra beached at Nuxario cape with unknown damage, Bowhead 1600 pounds of bone.
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Captain Hayes
St. Paul
St. Michael’s
San Francisco
Hayes
Horatio
California
Jeanette
William Bayliss
Alexandra Wreen
Alexandra
Nuxario Cape
English Fish Trust Abandoned as American Combine Emerges
The article notes the collapse of an English proposed fish combine on the Great Lakes after three major dealers balked at signing. It says American lake fishermen with capital plan a new independent combine, viewing the English failure as evidence of fertile American opportunity. It also reports the arrest of Charles B. Wilhite for forging his father’s name on a $1,140 farm note and his father’s refusal to intervene.
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Great Lakes
Charles B. Wilhite
James Wilhite
Milan
Guantaname Ini
Miles
Ponce
Porto Rico
Shafter
Santiago
Brooke
Newport News
Sarto Rico
Cienfuegos
Bsrinpson
Lynhers Break Jail In Westville Shootout
White mob frees inmates at Simpson County jail in Westville Mississippi and fires on the building fatally wounding William Patterson. Patterson, a prominent white farmer, had shot his son-in-law Lawrence Bringen eighteen months earlier and faced seven trials locally and in the state Supreme Court.
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Lynehors
Simpson County
Westville
Miss
William Patterson
Patterson
Lawrence Bringen
Supreme Court
Body Found in Well in Gregory County
The body of William Graham, a settler, murdered, was recovered from a well in Gregory County BA. His wagon and harness were burned. Gratis jean and dog returning home alone triggered the search that led to the discovery.
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William Graham
Gregory County
Gratis Jean
Dog
Four Young Women Crowned Drown in Minnesota River
Four under twenty Barbara and Rachel Gallo Martha Lorenz and Alyina Hessall drowned while bathing in the Minnesota river at Morten Minnesota. Bodies recovered and authorities investigating the incident.
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Minnesota
Morten
Minn
Barbara
Rachel Gallo
Martha Lorenz
Alyina Hess
Admiral Massie Dead Father of British Navy Passes
Admiral Thomas Leeke Massie known as the father of the British navy has died. He served at Navarino Beyrout Sidon St Jean d Acre and in China and the Black Sea.
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Massie
Thomas Leeke Massie
Navarino
Beyrout
Sidon
St. Joean du Acre
China
Black Sea
Market prices for cattle grains and livestock across cities
Chicago to New York and other hubs report varied commodity quotes. Cattle range $3.00 to $5.75, hogs $3.00 to $4.50, sheep $2.50 to $5.25, with grains like wheat No 2 red around 4 to 6 cents and corn No 2 blue around 2 to 5 cents per unit, reflecting mixed market conditions.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Catte
Toledo
Ste
Milwaukee
Dade
New York
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Moses
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Cupie
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Yrds and Docks Bureau
Secretary of the Navy
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Tampa
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Melinda Adames
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Melinda
Withius
East
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Mint
Soo Tracks
Lewis Warner
Plampshire County National Bank
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Bank of
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Mass
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Mexco
Reed
Nashua
Nx, LL
Wiig
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Vera Cruz
Moexioa
Phey
St. Thomas
Mayaguez
General Amesty
Provident Alfaro
Republic of
Elcvador
Europe
Schumacher and
Masia
Sewar Workera Aca
Olio Phe
Stehine River
Lake Pesdin
Canadian Puacific Railway
Afiska
Howard-Baker
City County
John Baker
Charles Clarke
Appealog
Sylvester Scovel
Guantnamo
Red Cross Society
Lieut. Hobson
Morto Rico
Tampa Tien
Nipe
Santis
Guantuname
Isin
Guantiname
Sampson
Cervera
Wavana
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Lieut. Hobson’s
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